Paul Fontaine, 41, guilty of the murder of Pierre Rondeau. On Sept. 8, 1997, the provincial prison guard was shot while behind the wheel of an inmate transport bus as he approached the Riviere des Prairies detention centre. His partner Robert Corriveau was not injured in the ambush by Fontaine was also convicted of attempted murder as well.In this and other previous trials, Stephane Gagne, the other gunman in the ambush, testified that the murder and an earlier one the same year were carried out on the orders of Maurice Boucher, a Hells Angels leader. Boucher was convicted of the murders in 2002.
William (Billy) Bowden pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007
William (Billy) Bowden, 33, pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007 and skipping out on his preliminary hearing about a year later. Other drug and weapons charges related to the 2007 incident were stayed as part of a plea bargain securing the two convictions. Bowden remains in custody though, charged with manslaughter in relation to the November 2007 killing of Jeff Engen, who was fatally stabbed at the Empire Cabaret, prompting the club to close. That charge remains before the courts. Bowden has been in custody since he was arrested Feb. 14 in Whistler, B.C., and returned to Manitoba. The Crown and defence jointly recommended that time be noted in his sentence for carrying the firearm. That crime occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2007, as Bowden was leaving the NV lounge in a truck with friend Ken Houston, court heard. Police discovered a Glock 9mm handgun loaded with 18 bullets in a pile of garbage close to where the...
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